The Conference Experience
Rosen's Review: The first hour of each week led by the Chief Residents reviewing the assigned reading for the week.
PGY2 Follow-Up Talk: Every resident is required to keep a follow-up log. Each PGY2 resident chooses one case from his or her log and presents an in depth review of the patient's ED and inpatient course. After the interactive case discussion, the resident will present teaching points and an up-to-date evidence based review on the diagnosis that was presented.
PGY3 QI/M&M: Each third year will be assigned a case to review as part of the departmental M&M process. This involves a thorough chart review, interviews with the providers involved in the patient's care and a summary write-up for the QI Committee in conjunction with one of the faculty members on that committee. The case is presented at the monthly QI meeting and then subsequently in conference as part of the departmental M&M session.
PGY3 Senior Topic: This lecture is a highlight of the senior resident's year. Each resident chooses a topic to present in an hour long talk. The goal is to master the literature, understand management, and provide cutting edge evidence for the audience. This is a beginning to identifying an area of expertise for future teaching experiences as well.
Pediatric Case Conference Series: Focusing on the pediatric EM core curriculum, each month we hold an hour session using case-based small groups to discuss a pediatric topic (e.g. cardiac emergencies, neurologic emergencies, toxic ingestions).
Ultrasound Lectures: Each month, our ultrasound core faculty members and fellows give a presentation on emergency ultrasound. Formats of the sessions include jeopardy, traditional didactics, ultrasound olympics and hands on sessions.
Program Director and Chief Rounds: This is an hourly session focusing on visual diagnosis during which one of the members of the residency leadership presents as well as the chief residents.
Journal Watch: Each month, two faculty members present highlights of 10 recent and relevant articles from the literature. A quick overview of the currently literature to keep the residents up to date, different from the in-depth critical appraisal of Journal Club.
Ethics Curriculum: A quarterly session led by the Residency Director, Dr. Mark Clark, dealing with issues relevant to medical ethics and emergency medicine. Sessions are typically a combination of teaching points followed by small group breakout sessions.
Follow-up Conference: Residents come to conference prepared for an hour session during which we discuss interesting cases from their follow-up logs. Case-based, interactive, using real patient images and data. These are separate from the PGY2 follow-up lecture which focuses more on one case with in depth teaching.
Oral Boards: Quarterly, residents practice oral board scenarios. Multiple stations are set up with different faculty preceptors. We follow the format of the oral boards that residents will take upon graduation. After each case, faculty members provide teaching on both the methods involved with passing the case as well as the salient teaching points related to the case. On these days, residents also rotate through the SIM lab in addition to the weekly simulation sessions.
Departmental M&M: Each month, the chairman and other members of the CQI committee present cases identified through the departmental quality improvement processes and referrals. Cases are reviewed in depth, the outcome of the QI committee investigation are reviewed, and any changes to systems within the department as a result of the case are discussed.
EM/Critical Care Conference: Quarterly, the EM and IM Chief Residents present a case for discussion containing elements of diagnosis and care interesting from both the emergency medicine and critical care disciplines.
Grand Rounds: A highlight of conference during which an outside speaker is brought in for two hours of didactics and discussion. Speakers are nationally recognized, published emergency physicians.
Journal Club: Journal club is our more formal evidenced-base medicine curriculum. Most sessions take place within our conference schedule, but several sessions throughout the year are held at one of the faculty members' homes. During this time, residents are pre-assigned articles to review by class and then break into small groups for discussion. Each month is linked with a key topic in evidenced-based medicine.
Additional conferences take place throughout the year that are all days sessions. These include the all NYC-wide EM conferences as well as our own all day interactive seminars. Recent examples of these include: Airway Day, Pediatric Trauma Simulation Day, Disaster Day, Ultrasound Symposium, and our own SLR Sim Competition.
Each week, a group of 3-5 residents spend the first two hours of conference in the Sim Lab with our simulation faculty prior to joining the rest of conference. This allows for regular exposure to sim for the residents.